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I'm from Cambodia, the hiv rate is quite a bit higher than neighbor countries.I had low risk in March 2010, I thought the condom broke (i'm not sure) with CSW.That time even after ejaculation, I still continued like 10 strokes before I pulled off.

- After 2 months or 8.5 weeks (62 days) I tested negative at government free test center. Then I decide to move on without going to test at 3 months mark (FYI: window period here: test at 3 months and retest again at 6 months).

Later after more than a year start from July 2011 (till now), I've so many many HIV symptoms including low WBC, I took medications but never go away.

What made me so worried The free rapid tests are NOT 4th generations. And some people even they tested with 4th gen they still worried

Questions:

1. Are there any chances of false negative?

2. I am a weak person, and I've read on internet that weak people (weak immune system), and some people with hiv at very late stage could not be detected by antibodies tests (not reach it's detected level) or false negative.This make me super worried, could be the sympthoms all from late stage hiv?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

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Dear All,I asked you a month back about low risk. But since I really had a very high risk long ago I want to ask another question.

In early 2008 I had condom completely broke while had sex with prostitute knew only after done (ejaculate inside). I never knew about PEP that time. I did ask her and she said he was negative (how do I believe).

[/i]I know that there are other subtypes and group, but they don't list down.Does it mean it can't detect other subtype (eg.H,J,K), group N, Group P?

3. On it's site again;

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10. Would a negative result conclude that a patient does not have HIV?

A negative result with Determine HIV does not exclude the possibility of infection with HIV. A false negative result can occur in the following circumstances;

low levels of antibody (e.g., early seroconversion specimens) are below the detection limit of the test infection with a variant of the virus that is less detectable by the Determine HIV assay configuration HIV antibodies in the patient that do not react with specific antigens utilized in the assay configuration - in exceptional cases this may lead to observation of false negative results specimens handling conditions which result in loss of HIV antibody multivalency.

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Does it mean it also make false negatives?

4. I read a book:

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Causes of false-negative results include testing during the pre-seroconversion, bone marrow transplant, agmmaglobulinemia, seroreversion in late stage disease, and infection with HIV-2 or unsual HIV Subtypes, technical or lab error.

Can hiv antibodies become weak to detect by rapid test when test too late? like 4 yrs after risk? I ask because people keep saying conclusive at 3 months.Does it mean 3 months is the best time to test for best accurate?

Can hiv antibodies become weak to detect by rapid test when test too late? like 4 yrs after risk? I ask because people keep saying conclusive at 3 months.Does it mean 3 months is the best time to test for best accurate?